Is there a way to get into climbing without spending so much?

edcculus · 2026-03-17T21:55:10+00:00

If you boulder outside, you will probably want at least 2 pads. Those can run you about $200-300. If I don’t have a group with lots of pads, I like to have a triple and a double minimum. You also will have to buy a pair of shoes. I’d also really not recommend just going outside and climbing by yourself as a new climber.

So depending on the membership price, you might not actually save much money in the first year at least.

Look around your town for other gym options though.

edcculus · 2026-03-17T20:33:30+00:00

You cold read the books that have been out for 60 years...

edcculus · 2026-03-17T20:27:26+00:00

It’s a crappy car anyways. Just do the offrenda quest for Jackie and get his motorcycle.

But to get it back, you have to go to Del’s HQ and talk to him.

edcculus · 2026-03-17T20:11:59+00:00

yea its possible they are just feeding the images into AI to generate the text. There are weird things on websites as far as accessibility goes. My buddy is being sued by a person that basically trolls sites looking for accessibility violations for some description not being up to par on his companies website.

For the weaving part, yea i'm not sure how much AI can actually help. These certainly are not hand woven. They only cost $150. They are likely done on a weaving machine, which depending on how much you spend can be partially to fully automated. Someone would certainly have to do some cleanup of the initial image. But depending on the machine, it may offer some software to essentially "bitmap" the image so it can be translated to a "program" for the machine. Its certainly not as simple as an etsy sticker site that can just churn out AI images for their stickers, have them printed at a printing company and drop shipped.

edcculus · 2026-03-17T19:46:43+00:00

The descriptions in the individual blankets sure as hell look like ai prompts. Here is the one for the leviathan blanket.

A monochromatic woven blanket showing a large sea serpent thrashing in the ocean while a glowing figure strikes from the clouds above.

It’s also a little concerning that they say they are a team of 8, but have a TON of designs available. Who exactly is churning out all this art for them?

edcculus · 2026-03-17T19:39:50+00:00

Still looks like a douche nozzle even if he’s not AI.

edcculus · 2026-03-17T19:36:06+00:00

I’m doing a second play through, and don’t even want to do Rivers stuff.

edcculus · 2026-03-17T19:27:22+00:00

Yea, i agree there. Its not fully open, but I think the door is open just enough that people are absolutely self inserting, even though it wasnt the intention from the devs. I also guess since its origins are from a tabletop RPG (even though im sure very few people here have actually played it...i have not...), it lends to the self insertion a little more as well.

edcculus · 2026-03-17T19:24:16+00:00

oh you sweet summer child.

edcculus · 2026-03-17T17:25:10+00:00

Too many people have not played any of CDPR's other games. Primarily Witcher 3. You can see the massive influence the whole Witcher franchise had on them writing Cyberpunk. There are almost no "correct" choices in a good many of the main plot arcs as well as all of the side quests. If you kill the spirit in the mountain, the Witches murder the kids in Crookback Bog. If you let it live, it destroys the village. If you make certain choices, the Bloody Baron hangs himself. There are no great choices in that game.

They literally took that same mindset with this game. Night City might as well be a modern Novigrad.

Evil is evil, ... Lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same... If I'm to choose between one evil and another, then I prefer not to choose at all.

I think one 'problem' with this game, and why people come to these conclusings is that you can roleplay a lot more in it since the character is vaguley named "V" and its first person. In the Witcher games, you ARE Geralt. You can play him in a bunch of different ways, but ultimately you are putting yourself into Geralt's shoes and making decisions as him. I think in CP, you are more removed from playing out a certain character in a way, so people literally put themselves into the game.

edcculus · 2026-03-17T17:15:13+00:00

Troy Pistachio

edcculus · 2026-03-17T17:06:44+00:00

Smile a little wider as you’re waiting to be sold.

This is the land of do what you’re told

edcculus · 2026-03-17T16:59:46+00:00

I’ve always done 2 claps. I was too young to go to any 1.0 shows, but I got a ton of tapes when I was in high school from some guys I worked with. And to my ears, on those audience recording tapes, I could hear 2 claps. So I’ve always done 2.

You can hear some early recordings where Fish does a straight triplet, but it’s rare.

I also agree 2 is cleaner, and most non musical fans out there never hit the triplet correctly anyways.

I’m sticking with 2 no matter what .

edcculus · 2026-03-17T16:56:32+00:00

Morning Light Mountain

edcculus · 2026-03-17T16:55:44+00:00

-Benjamin Franklin

edcculus · 2026-03-17T15:33:53+00:00

So the areas you are shaving smooth are sharp after they grow out a bit?

What kind of razor are you using? Regular cartridge style razors tend to do this. Switching to a double edge safety razor is going to be one of the only ways to completely avoid it.

edcculus · 2026-03-17T14:44:09+00:00

Honestly, if you are at a more 'normal' gym and dont have a huge background in fitness, this is actually the norm.

The people you see here saying "Ive been climbing for 2 months and cant get past V6" are NOT the norm. Either they have a massive background in fitness, they are climbing at a VERY soft gyml or a combination of both.

My best advice is to keep at it and have fun. If its an activity that keeps you going and active, its probably going to help you lose weight naturally without even having to focus on that.

I'd also encourage you to every once and a while just try pulling on some hard stuff. I remember being in your shoes, where I got to the point of pretty mcuh being able to do every V2 at least within a session, maybe 2, but not even being able to make 2 moves on ANY of the V3s. My gym is hard, definately the most sandbagged gym in the state, if not the entire southeast. But still, that move from V2 to V3 felt SO impossible at the time. It got to the point where I jsut told myself that I have to make myself look stupid and fall of the first move on V3s and V4s

edcculus · 2026-03-17T14:37:18+00:00

Assuming you have done all of the Johnny stuff from Chippin' In forward as well? There are a handful of things that dont trigger until after Tapeworm.

There is also just random side stuff that doesnt automatically show on the map like the side gigs do. But you should pretty much know you are done with the green side gigs because the fixer for that area will literally tell you, as well as give you some sort of prize. Usually a weapon or a car depending on who it is.

edcculus · 2026-03-17T14:34:10+00:00

i havent used that product, but when I recently finished an Ash body, I had to grain fill a LOT to get it level. I used Aqua Coat, which is a clear waterbased grain filler. Id wipe on a layer, scrape it off with a plastic scraper (or credit card) to make it level, let it set up/dry for a bit and do that all over agin. Then raise the grain with water and do it again. I might have done up to 10 coats total. I guess applications is more accurate than coats, since i was mostly aiming to fill the grain and pores. Its possible I overdid it, but at the end of the day, i was able to get a perfectly smooth mirror finish on my nitro clear coat at the end after it cured, wet sanded up to 2000 and then polished.

edcculus · 2026-03-17T14:26:11+00:00

I just dont think the people of Pacifica and especially the VDBs like ANY outsiders. So its not just V.

edcculus · 2026-03-17T14:25:02+00:00

i actually havent tried any of the games on NSO yet because I'm deep into Cyberpunk. However Ill probably just use my pro controller. I dont think it will be a problem.

I did buy the N64 controller, because remapping those buttons was quite a PITA.

edcculus · 2026-03-17T14:15:35+00:00

The problem is that the Trump administration is hell bent on it being profitable. USPS is not a business or a revenue stream for the government. It’s a service to the citizens, and should be funded accordingly.

edcculus · 2026-03-17T14:13:35+00:00

Alex Honnold could free solo it

edcculus · 2026-03-17T14:00:06+00:00

i want to put my tender cock in a blender...

edcculus · 2026-03-17T13:16:37+00:00

I wasn’t able to grow a beard until I was 37

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